Over the past couple of days, we have seen numerous fluctuations with regard to the weather. As per experts, the driving force behind the weather is a powerful combination of active synoptic weather systems and extended-range climate drivers, which are inducing significant rainfall across India. Predicting the weather conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued nationwide forecasts detailing heavy precipitation and flash flood alerts. Interestingly, the organisation has also rectified an ‘error’ made while lodging its data entries for the national capital.
A typing mistake at the Safdarjung observatory temporarily made it look like Delhi had exceeded its monthly rainfall average. On August 6, the actual rainfall recorded was 18.7 mm, but it was accidentally entered into the system as 56.0 mm. The automated website displayed a monthly total of 230.5 mm, overreporting the actual total by 37.3 mm. Delhi has received 197.2 mm of rain so far this month, meaning it is actually slightly below its normal August average of 226.8 mm.
NDTV spoke to IMD officials who issued a clarification and rectified the data on the national media group.
Where is heavy rain expected? IMD Explains
The weather body has listed out what the weather looks like for the national capital in the coming few weeks. East and Central India: The active depression originating over West Bengal is tracking north-westward across Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand, triggering heavy to extremely heavy rainfall spells across Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh.
